Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
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Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
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Verse 1
A G
I guess I was skeptical when I first met Dr Martin
A
He said we could build a baby out of DNA
D
And although it was expensive it was legal in the states
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where it wasn't banned
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It was Betty who suggested we cut out the parts of me
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that she can't stand
Pre-chorus 1
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So we made an appointment and Betty went alone
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They worked out the details and then called me on the phone
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To say congratulations Dad
Chorus
A E D A
Now things are getting better for Betty and me
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We're making us a baby that's just like me only better
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And Betty says he'll be taller
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And Betty says he'll be smarter
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And Betty says that our baby will be better than me
Verse 2
A G
Betty was pretty firm about our baby being human
A
I said we should give him wings and nice prehensile tail
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He could travel with the circus making money making friends with clowns
E D C A G D A
Betty said that's stupid and for God's sake would you turn that TV down
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Now I've seen Betty happy but she's never been like this
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She glows like someone's girlfriend in the middle of a kiss
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And I'm excited too
Chorus
A E D A
Now things are getting better for Betty and me
A E D A F#m
We're making us a baby that's just like me only better
B7 F#m
And Betty says he'll be taller
B7 F#m
And Betty says he'll be smarter
B7 D E
And Betty says that our baby will be better than me
Bridge
C A
And the love inside me thunders like a storm
C A
And I hope the tube they keep him in is comfortable and warm
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I hope the nutritive solution that they're feeding him
E
doesn't make him fat
Verse 3
A G
Betty's been spending lots of time out late with Dr Martin
A
She says that they're working on the baby every night
D A G D A
And Dr Martin brings her presents like new underwear and a bottle of wine
E D C A G D A
I'll just keep on writing checks until the day that baby is mine
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He might have my moustache or my freckles or my eyes
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Betty says it's better if we keep it a surprise
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I hope I find out soon
Final Chorus
A E D A
Now things are getting better for Betty and me
A E D A F#m
We're making us a baby that's just like me only better
B7 F#m
And Betty says he'll be taller
B7 F#m
And Betty says he'll be smarter
B7 D E
And Betty says that our baby will be better than
D E
Baby will be better than
D E A G D A
Baby will be better than me
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